PlayIt

[Chris Newman]

Hi,

I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick Hudson
and now Chris Martin.

I'm making a presentation using OHP by Tony Still.
I'm adding sound tracks to some slides which is working well except I
need to convert some mp3 files to WAV which OHP recognises.

OHP says SoundCon will do that. I also learned in my searching that
SoundCon has been superseded by PlayIt.

I have play it at home but stupidly didn't put it on the machine I'm
using during my sojourn in Australia.

All searches I've tried lead to dead ends
Riscository led me to www.users.on.net which can't be reached.
Riscos products directory is very out of date and points to unrechable
websites.

A search for Rick Hudson and Chris Martin led nowhere either.

I must have got it from somewhere.
Can anyone help please?

[Chris Hughes]

Post by Chris Newman
Hi,
I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick Hudson
and now Chris Martin.
I'm making a presentation using OHP by Tony Still.
I'm adding sound tracks to some slides which is working well except I
need to convert some mp3 files to WAV which OHP recognises.
OHP says SoundCon will do that. I also learned in my searching that
SoundCon has been superseded by PlayIt.
I have play it at home but stupidly didn't put it on the machine I'm
using during my sojourn in Australia.
All searches I've tried lead to dead ends
Riscository led me to www.users.on.net which can't be reached.
Riscos products directory is very out of date and points to unrechable
websites.
A search for Rick Hudson and Chris Martin led nowhere either.
I must have got it from somewhere.
Can anyone help please?

It's available with the !DigitalCD download in a sub folder in the Modules
folder within the zip.

[Chris Hughes]

Post by Chris Hughes

Post by Chris Newman
Hi,
I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick Hudson
and now Chris Martin.
I'm making a presentation using OHP by Tony Still.
I'm adding sound tracks to some slides which is working well except I
need to convert some mp3 files to WAV which OHP recognises.
OHP says SoundCon will do that. I also learned in my searching that
SoundCon has been superseded by PlayIt.
I have play it at home but stupidly didn't put it on the machine I'm
using during my sojourn in Australia.
All searches I've tried lead to dead ends
Riscository led me to www.users.on.net which can't be reached.
Riscos products directory is very out of date and points to unrechable
websites.
A search for Rick Hudson and Chris Martin led nowhere either.
I must have got it from somewhere.
Can anyone help please?

It's available with the !DigitalCD download in a sub folder in the Modules
folder within the zip.

Just to be clear I mean !PlayIt is available via the !DigitalCD download.

[Jean-Michel]

Post by Chris Newman
Hi,
I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick Hudson
and now Chris Martin.
I'm making a presentation using OHP by Tony Still.
I'm adding sound tracks to some slides which is working well except I
need to convert some mp3 files to WAV which OHP recognises.
OHP says SoundCon will do that. I also learned in my searching that
SoundCon has been superseded by PlayIt.
I have play it at home but stupidly didn't put it on the machine I'm
using during my sojourn in Australia.
All searches I've tried lead to dead ends
Riscository led me to www.users.on.net which can't be reached.
Riscos products directory is very out of date and points to unrechable
websites.
A search for Rick Hudson and Chris Martin led nowhere either.
I must have got it from somewhere.
Can anyone help please?

There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

[Chris Newman]

Post by Jean-Michel

Post by Chris Newman
Hi,
I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick Hudson
and now Chris Martin.

There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Is this a RISC OS app?

I must be going senile. I already have PlayIt lurking in my
Boot.Resources.
I neededed it to run !DigitalCD.
I'd set up that so long ago I'd completely forgotten. I now remember it's
not a stand alone programme.

So why did a site somewhere in the universe say it was replacing SoundCon.
Does SoundCon convert files? Is it still available?
I'm now exploring some options on the Dark Side until something RISC OS
comes along.
Many thanks to all.

[Chris Newman]

Post by Chris Newman

Post by Jean-Michel

Post by Chris Newman
Hi,
I'm trying to locate SoundCon by Rick Hudson and PlayIt by Rick
Hudson and now Chris Martin.

There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Is this a RISC OS app?

I found something on the Windows side.
HD Video Converter Factory
It's a downloadable free programme.
Converts many types of Audio / Visual files.
Mp3 to WAV a doddle.

My lengthy presentation in OHP (from CJE) on the Gennett recording
studios is now complete. Those not interested in classic jazz will have
no idea what I'm talking about.
It has 143 slides, 8 of which play musical examples.
I can now show this on a big screen using HDMI.
Who needs Powerpoint? Vive la RISC OS.

[Dave]

In article <***@npost.uk>,
Chris Newman <***@npost.uk> wrote:
[Snippy]

Post by Chris Newman
My lengthy presentation in OHP (from CJE) on the Gennett recording
studios is now complete. Those not interested in classic jazz will have
no idea what I'm talking about.
It has 143 slides, 8 of which play musical examples.
I can now show this on a big screen using HDMI.
Who needs Powerpoint? Vive la RISC OS.

Excellent work Chris.

It's good to hear there are still folks interested in the earlier days of
Jazz, particularly about Gennett studios, where a lot of later to be
famous musicians started recording.

Good man. :-)

Dave

[Chris Newman]

Post by Dave
[Snippy]

Post by Chris Newman
My lengthy presentation in OHP (from CJE) on the Gennett recording
studios is now complete. Those not interested in classic jazz will
have no idea what I'm talking about. It has 143 slides, 8 of which
play musical examples. I can now show this on a big screen using
HDMI. Who needs Powerpoint? Vive la RISC OS.

Excellent work Chris.
It's good to hear there are still folks interested in the earlier days
of Jazz, particularly about Gennett studios, where a lot of later to be
famous musicians started recording.
Good man. :-)

Thank you. My presentation includes stuff about Jelly Roll Morton (My
hero. I try to base my piano style on his for much of the time. Not that
I succeed but we keep persevering.)
Also, King Oliver and his Creole Band, Bix and the Wolverines, Lois Deppe
and Earl Hines (another hero), Ladds Black Aces etc, etc.
At the Whitley Bay Jazz Party this year was an American who had Bob
Gillette's banjo. The one he played at the Gennett studio in the
Wolverines. Of course I took a picture for my presentation.
Now, on piste back to RISC OS......

[Dave]

Post by Chris Newman

Post by Dave
[Snippy]

Post by Chris Newman
My lengthy presentation in OHP (from CJE) on the Gennett recording
studios is now complete. Those not interested in classic jazz will
have no idea what I'm talking about. It has 143 slides, 8 of which
play musical examples. I can now show this on a big screen using
HDMI. Who needs Powerpoint? Vive la RISC OS.

Excellent work Chris.
It's good to hear there are still folks interested in the earlier days
of Jazz, particularly about Gennett studios, where a lot of later to be
famous musicians started recording.
Good man. :-)

Thank you. My presentation includes stuff about Jelly Roll Morton (My
hero. I try to base my piano style on his for much of the time. Not that
I succeed but we keep persevering.)
Also, King Oliver and his Creole Band, Bix and the Wolverines, Lois Deppe
and Earl Hines (another hero), Ladds Black Aces etc, etc.
At the Whitley Bay Jazz Party this year was an American who had Bob
Gillette's banjo. The one he played at the Gennett studio in the
Wolverines. Of course I took a picture for my presentation.
Now, on piste back to RISC OS......

Totally OT. so sorry folks, my last note...

Chris, I've often wondered... If Bix had lived long past 28 to be an old
Muso?

Ah! what a loss to music he was...

Dave (Last time).

[Richard Ashbery]

Post by Jean-Michel
There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Can you give a link please?

Richard

[Jean-Michel]

Post by Richard Ashbery

Post by Jean-Michel
There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Can you give a link please?
Richard

Yes,
In fact it is an interface with "lame", which facilitates the work because
it allows to convert several.

I couldn't find it on the web!

https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/TempFiles.html

[Chris Newman]

Post by Jean-Michel

Post by Richard Ashbery

Post by Jean-Michel
There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Can you give a link please?
Richard

Yes,
In fact it is an interface with "lame", which facilitates the work because
it allows to convert several.
I couldn't find it on the web!
https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/TempFiles.html

Thanks for the link.

However, when I tried to use it I got..


Build settings used to create this program require at least an ARM
Architecture 6 CPU at runtime.

My machine here...

Virtual Acorn Adjust 4.39 Windows 10 Acer netbook

[Richard Ashbery]

Post by Chris Newman

Post by Richard Ashbery

Post by Jean-Michel
There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Can you give a link please?
Richard

Yes, In fact it is an interface with "lame", which facilitates
the work because it allows to convert several.
I couldn't find it on the web!
https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/TempFiles.html

Thanks for the link.
However, when I tried to use it I got..
Build settings used to create this program require at least an ARM
Architecture 6 CPU at runtime.
My machine here...
Virtual Acorn Adjust 4.39 Windows 10 Acer netbook

Chris it sounds as though !MP3toWAV may be a problem on Virtual
Acorn Adjust 4.39. I have just tried it on my ARMX6 (RO5.31) and it
seems to work as expected. Thanks to Jean-Michel for making it
available on his website.

I agree with you about OHP - it's still a very useful presentation
program - I've used it a few years ago for my U3A Astronomy talks (pre
covid). It's one of the simplest programs to use - I love the fact you
can drag a directory of ArtWorks, jpegs etc. over the iconbar and
without further tweaking run a slideshow. Pity you can't use it for
MP3 or video.

Has anyone got experience with using laser pointers? Many libraries
seem to have spent a lot of money on huge monitors where I've found
lasers just don't seem to work - I wonder if its something to do with
the laser energy being absorbed. I still prefer to use an overhead
projector where I can guarantee the laser reflects light properly.

Richard

[Chris Newman]

Post by Richard Ashbery
I agree with you about OHP - it's still a very useful presentation
program - I've used it a few years ago for my U3A Astronomy talks (pre
covid). It's one of the simplest programs to use - I love the fact you
can drag a directory of ArtWorks, jpegs etc. over the iconbar and
without further tweaking run a slideshow. Pity you can't use it for MP3
or video.

Perhaps someone can take it on a make a few improvements. Although I
presume the copyright resides with the Photodesk people judging from the
splash screen.

Post by Richard Ashbery
Has anyone got experience with using laser pointers? Many libraries
seem to have spent a lot of money on huge monitors where I've found
lasers just don't seem to work - I wonder if its something to do with
the laser energy being absorbed. I still prefer to use an overhead
projector where I can guarantee the laser reflects light properly.

Yes. I gave up. I now try to set up near the screen as most of my
presentations can plug in the the main set-up via HDMI. I then use a
long, telescopic physical pointer

[Jean-Michel]

Post by Chris Newman

Post by Jean-Michel

Post by Richard Ashbery

Post by Jean-Michel
There is an application !MP3toWAV that may be useful.

Can you give a link please?
Richard

Yes,
In fact it is an interface with "lame", which facilitates the work because
it allows to convert several.
I couldn't find it on the web!
https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/TempFiles.html

Thanks for the link.
However, when I tried to use it I got..
Build settings used to create this program require at least an ARM
Architecture 6 CPU at runtime.
My machine here...
Virtual Acorn Adjust 4.39 Windows 10 Acer netbook

I have updated the Mp3toWav archive by adding various versions of Lame,
for testing.
Thanks for feedback.

[b***@bcs.org]

Post by Jean-Michel
I couldn't find it on the web!
https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/TempFiles.html

It's still on Roger Darlington's site https://atomicsoftware.org.uk/
on the downloads page https://atomicsoftware.org.uk/DownL.htm

Bernard